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In the heat of the night [videorecording (DVD)].

Metro Goldwyn Mayer Home Entertainment ; distributed by Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2008].

Culture conflict -- Drama.

Academy Award for Best Picture.

United States -- Race relations -- Drama.

Video Difference legacy collection.

Video Difference legacy collection (Dalhousie)

[videorecording (DVD)].

1 videodisc (110 min.) : Dolby digital sd., col. ; 12 cm.

A copy of this DVD was generously donated to Dalhousie University by DHX Media Ltd. as part of a shared Video Difference Collection between Dalhousie University and Halifax Public Libraries. PLEASE NOTE: As this DVD belongs to Dalhousie, it may be recalled for use in courses and therefore made temporarily unavailable for users of Halifax Public Libraries.

Based on a novel by John Ball.

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1967.

Special features for 40th anniversary edition: Commentary by Norman Jewison, Lee Grant, Rod Steiger and cinematographer Haskell Wexler ; "Turning up the heat: Movie-making in the '60's" featurette ; "The slap heard around the world" featurette ; "Quincy Jones: Breaking new sound" featurette ; original theatrical trailer.

Special features for MGM Contemporary Classics 2001 edition: audio commentary by Norman Jewison, Lee Grant, Rod Steiger and Haskell Wexler ; original theatrical trailer.

Includes English (5.1 Dolby Surround, mono.), French (mono.) and Spanish (mono.) language tracks with optional English or Spanish subtitles.

Closed-captioned.

The Mirisch Corporation ; the Norman Jewison-Walter Mirisch production ; United Artistsby Quincy Jones ; "In the heat of the night" sung by Ray Charles ; screenplay by Sterling Silliphant ; produced by Walter Mirisch ; directed by Norman Jewison.

Sidney Poitier and Rod Steiger with Warren Oates and Lee Grant.

"The riveting drama of In The Heat Of The Night unfolds like never before with this all new 40th Anniversary Collector's Edition including three brand new featurettes! Starring Academy Award Winners Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger and Lee Grant, this provocative mystery thriller won five 1967 Oscars, including Best Picture, Highlighted by an evocative score from Oscar winning composer Quincy Jones, In The Heat Of The Night is a 'powerful film'(The New York Times) that delivers the 'highest level of exciting entertainment'(NY Daily News). While traveling in the Deep South, Virgil Tibbs(Poitier), a black Philadelphia homicide detective, becomes unwittingly embroiled in the murder investigation of a prominent businessman when he is first accused of the crime - and then asked to solve it! Finding the killer proves to be difficult, however, especially when his efforts are constantly thwarted by the bigoted town sheriff (Steiger). But neither man can solve this case alone. Putting aside their differences and prejudices, they join forces in a desperate race against time to discover the shocking truth."--Container.

Winner of five Academy Awards: Best Picture (Walter Mirisch), Best Actor in a Leading Role (Rod Steiger), Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium (Stirling Silliphant) and Best Sound & Best Film Editing (Hal Ashby), 1967.

Films for the hearing impaired.

Ball, John Dudley, 1911-1989. In the heat of the night.

Jewison, Norman, 1926-

Poitier, Sidney.

Steiger, Rod, 1925-2002.

Oates, Warren, 1928-1982.

Grant, Lee, 1927-

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